tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64260811348029084902014-10-07T03:00:29.720+01:00(Text) Games for (Space) CrowsPacianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674211302650875387noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426081134802908490.post-80913644384680015032014-06-18T21:20:00.000+01:002014-06-18T21:20:43.263+01:00Weird City InterloperMeet the citizens of an outlandish metropolis and uncover its deepest secrets...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XScyT73pH8A/U5tuzn7SjfI/AAAAAAAAC_s/1hB7dNTMRAQ/s1600/Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XScyT73pH8A/U5tuzn7SjfI/AAAAAAAAC_s/1hB7dNTMRAQ/s400/Cover.png" /></a></div><h1>Weird City Interloper</h1><i>An interactive tale of strange conspiracy.</i><br /><br />Pull up your hood, lower your gaze and enter the city of Zendon. If you can gather enough information, you may just be able to change the course of history.<br /><br />(<i>Weird City Interloper</i> is a shallow but broad conversation game.)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yaufQFY8ONo/U6HuZ43izSI/AAAAAAAADAE/8HELzgKZ490/s1600/weird+city+interloper+beginning.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yaufQFY8ONo/U6HuZ43izSI/AAAAAAAADAE/8HELzgKZ490/s1600/weird+city+interloper+beginning.png" height="297" width="400" /></a></div><h2>Play in your Browser</h2><a href="http://iplayif.com/?story=http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/WeirdCityInterloper.zblorb">Click here</a> to play <i>Weird City Interloper</i> in your browser via Parchment.<br /><h2>Play Offline</h2>You can also download the <a href="http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/WeirdCityInterloper.zblorb">story file</a> (<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/cejpacian/Weird%20City%20Interloper.zblorb">mirror</a>|random mirror) and run it with a Z-machine interpreter.<br /><br />(See <a href="http://inform7.com/if/interpreters/">this page</a> for help finding an interpreter. I use <a href="http://www.davidkinder.co.uk/frotz.html">Frotz</a>, while others swear by <a href="https://code.google.com/p/garglk/downloads/list">Gargoyle</a>.)<br /><h2>Tips</h2><ul><li>Information is power. Gather more topics to progress. </li><li>If you can’t remember what you can type, just press return at an empty prompt (&gt;).</li><li>A character you see frequently will let you ask for help if you get stuck.</li><li>If you want to change the way topics are highlighted, enter the command "output".</li><li>Sometimes the game will wait for you to press any key. </li></ul><h2>Releases</h2><ul><li>Release 1: The portcullis is raised.</li></ul>Cover art credits: Icons by <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IndieGaming/comments/ifmie/i_made_700_rpg_icons_free_for_use_for_your_game/">Lorc</a>.Pacianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674211302650875387noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426081134802908490.post-77876474519833681492013-02-25T19:47:00.000+00:002013-03-04T22:10:37.999+00:00Castle of the Red PrinceTerrible lair of an undying foe…<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cg8z-_B_FGA/USnZkkDs_zI/AAAAAAAACwo/kqI2xJVY-UY/s1600/Cover.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cg8z-_B_FGA/USnZkkDs_zI/AAAAAAAACwo/kqI2xJVY-UY/s400/Cover.png" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">Castle of the Red Prince</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">An interactive land of darkness.</span><br /><br />Welcome to Amaranth, foreigner. The Red Prince haunts your dreams, you say? If you want to overthrow our tyrant, you’ll need to consider this whole blighted land at once.<br /><br />(<i>Castle of the Red Prince</i> is a small text adventure with a different perspective on how locations can work in a parser game.) <br /><br />--PLAY ONLINE--<br /><br /><i>Castle of the Red Prince</i> is available to <a href="http://iplayif.com/?story=http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/CastleOfTheRedPrince.zblorb">play in your browser</a> via Parchment.<br /><br />--DOWNLOAD--<br /><br />Or you can download the <a href="http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/CastleOfTheRedPrince.zblorb">story file</a> (<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/cejpacian/Castle%20of%20the%20Red%20Prince.zblorb">mirror</a>|<a href="http://mirror.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/CastleOfTheRedPrince.zblorb">random mirror</a>) and run it with a Z-machine interpreter.<br />See <a href="http://inform7.com/if/interpreters/">this page</a> for help finding an interpreter. I use <a href="http://www.davidkinder.co.uk/frotz.html">Frotz</a>, while others swear by <a href="http://code.google.com/p/garglk/downloads/list">Gargoyle</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m25vgKHFg0M/USna7LEo-WI/AAAAAAAACw4/Ck6rw8JINw0/s1600/castle-screenshot.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m25vgKHFg0M/USna7LEo-WI/AAAAAAAACw4/Ck6rw8JINw0/s1600/castle-screenshot.png" /></a></div><br /><br />--RELEASE HISTORY-- <br />Version 5: First release. <br />Version 6: Fixed a bug with the final action. <br />Version 7: Fixed a couple of bugs that could prevent progression. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Cover art credits: Original image by Gustave Doré; <a href="http://www.auntiepixelante.com/?p=1144">Magic Forest</a> font by Anna Anthropy.</span> Pacianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674211302650875387noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426081134802908490.post-84445363498907562932011-05-10T21:08:00.001+01:002011-05-15T19:21:37.509+01:00Love, Hate and the Mysterious Ocean TowerFor the <a href="http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&amp;t=2250">Speed IF Jacket 4</a> event...<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pVXAOE9-ke4/TcmNvJydwkI/AAAAAAAACdE/QYxhX-sT-Sc/s1600/Cover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pVXAOE9-ke4/TcmNvJydwkI/AAAAAAAACdE/QYxhX-sT-Sc/s400/Cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605167052460245570" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Love, Hate and the Mysterious Ocean Tower</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">A brief story of love, romance and cosmic horror.</span><br /><br />Originally written in a week, this interactive vignette whisks you through a world where terrible powers and inhuman foes threaten the very existence of humanity - and the only one who can save us is a magnificent bastard in pink trainers.<br /><br />Since that initial week of work, I've spent some time fleshing the thing out (with plenty of help from my trusty beta-testers). It's still a small game, but the setting is much more fully implemented, and I threw in a few additional endings for good measure.<br /><br />--PLAY ONLINE--<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Love, Hate etc.</span> is available to <a href="http://iplayif.com/?story=http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/MysteriousOceanTower.zblorb">play in your browser</a> via Parchment.<br /><br />--DOWNLOAD--<br /><br />Or you can download the <a href="http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/MysteriousOceanTower.zblorb">story file</a> (<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/cejpacian/MysteriousOceanTower.zblorb">mirror</a>|<a href="http://mirror.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/MysteriousOceanTower.zblorb">random mirror</a>) and run it with a Z-machine interpreter.<br /><br />See <a href="http://inform7.com/if/interpreters/">this page</a> for help finding an interpreter. I use <a href="http://www.davidkinder.co.uk/frotz.html">Frotz</a>, while others swear by <a href="http://code.google.com/p/garglk/downloads/list">Gargoyle</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FxdaAeedTok/TcmVmAGZKLI/AAAAAAAACdU/PX-mulIET9Y/s1600/mysteriousoceantower.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 340px; height: 365px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FxdaAeedTok/TcmVmAGZKLI/AAAAAAAACdU/PX-mulIET9Y/s400/mysteriousoceantower.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605175691333675186" /></a>Pacianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674211302650875387noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426081134802908490.post-47868417666564915022010-12-14T22:27:00.001+00:002010-12-28T10:06:32.316+00:00Rogue of the MultiverseTaking <a href="http://www.ifcomp.org/comp10/results.html">second place</a> in the 16th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YcJN5ZAyGRg/TQNXOybQzZI/AAAAAAAACQg/wJh2iNmoqOk/s1600/Rogue-Cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YcJN5ZAyGRg/TQNXOybQzZI/AAAAAAAACQg/wJh2iNmoqOk/s400/Rogue-Cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549375077416488338" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Rogue of the Multiverse</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">A runaway adventure, careering through time and space.</span><br /><br />Welcome to Dryzandia, convict 76954. Oh, you're a human? We don't get many of your kind around here, and when we do they don't last for long.<br /><br />Escape? To where? There's nothing out there but barren wasteland and a saurian civilisation that'll eat you alive. But... every so often one of you alien inmates gets selected for some government programme or something. I don't know what they do there, but it can't be worse than this place... Can it?<br /><br />--DOWNLOAD--<br /><br />-Download the <a href="http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/tads/RogueOfTheMultiverse.zip">latest version</a> (zipped) [<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/cejpacian/RogueoftheMultiverse.zip">Mirror</a>] [<a href="http://mirror.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/tads/RogueOfTheMultiverse.zip">Random mirror</a>]<br />-Download the <a href="http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXcompetition2010Xtads3Xrogue.html">original competition version</a> [<a href="http://mirror.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXcompetition2010Xtads3Xrogue.html">Random mirror</a>]<br /><br />--INSTRUCTIONS--<br /><br />-The latest version includes a Windows executable version that you can just double-click to run.<br />-Linux and Mac users can play the game by running the included .t3 file with an interpreter from <a href="http://www.tads.org/tads3.htm">this page</a>.<br />-If you're not sure how to play, enter the commands ABOUT or INSTRUCTIONS.<br />-If you get stuck, just enter HINT.Pacianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674211302650875387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426081134802908490.post-46275128523713132102010-02-28T09:51:00.002+00:002011-01-18T22:40:38.854+00:00Six-Chamber Champion and the 371-in-1 Pirate Kart<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Spacecatrocketship/sixchamberchampion2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 362px; height: 165px;" src="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Spacecatrocketship/sixchamberchampion2.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />For some reason I decided to do the <a href="http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/437">371-in-1 Klik &amp; Play Pirate Kart II: Klik Harder</a> event this weekend - at least for just the one game. The idea is definitely for quantity over quality, and games must be completed within two hours - so I just knocked up this short game of chance.<br /><br />It's far from perfect, but in any case, you can find two hours of my hard work at the page for my entry <a href="http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/641">here</a>.<br /><br />I've also got a zip containing an updated version - and a .t3 version for you non-Windows types - <a href="http://cejpacian.googlepages.com/Six-ChamberChampion.zip">here</a>.<br /><br />And finally, why not check out the other entries tagged with <a href="http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/taxonomy/term/234">Interactive Fiction</a>?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Updates:</span><br />Version 2 - fixed a few typos and bugs.<br />Version 3 - gave the thing a general polish, changed some things that were bugging me, anticipated a couple of silly actions.Pacianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674211302650875387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6426081134802908490.post-83224968596409398652009-12-09T19:08:00.013+00:002009-12-28T17:35:23.788+00:00Walker & Silhouette - DownloadMisfits in a strange city; crime fighters grappling with the weirdest mysteries; rivals who become partners until the last:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YcJN5ZAyGRg/SvietJPgmHI/AAAAAAAAB18/9sKt_jj1A7o/s1600-h/walkerSilhouetteCover2a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YcJN5ZAyGRg/SvietJPgmHI/AAAAAAAAB18/9sKt_jj1A7o/s400/walkerSilhouetteCover2a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402242251443181682" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Walker &amp; Silhouette</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">A keyword only adventure.</span><br /><br />Team up with a dashing detective and an iconoclastic flapper to solve absurd and unfathomable crimes in this interactive story - where you control the action just by typing or clicking highlighted words in the text.<br /><br />Walker &amp; Silhouette uses a similar keyword system to <a href="http://lacunastory.com/">Blue Lacuna</a>, and experiments with applying it to various forms of interaction: talk, investigate, solve puzzles and fight villains... using only single word commands.<br /><br />--DOWNLOAD--<br /><br />-<a href="http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/tads/WalkerSilhouette.zip">Zipped Deluxe Package</a> [<a href="http://cejpacian.googlepages.com/WalkerSilhouette.zip">Mirror </a>] [<a href="http://www.box.net/shared/hmk76jo1p8">Mirror 2</a>] [<a href="http://mirror.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/tads/WalkerSilhouette.zip">Randomised mirror</a>]<br />-Contains: Windows version; story file for Linux and Mac interpreters; quick-start instructions.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Spacecatrocketship/WalkerSilhouette/wands_startscreen.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 359px; height: 662px;" src="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Spacecatrocketship/WalkerSilhouette/wands_startscreen.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />--Release History--<br /><br />Version 8: first release (update: amended the HTML docs for Linux).<br />Version 9: update that fixes two non-serious glitches.Pacianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674211302650875387noreply@blogger.com18